Rack for paper rolls



July 7, 1925.

A. E. LAVLLEE RACK FOR PAPER ROLLS 4, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Dec.

July 7, 1925. l 1,5%,190 A. E. LAVALLEE v V- Acx Fon PAPERi RILL Filed Dec. 4, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 7, 1925.

l UNITED STATE@ p 1,545,190 PATEN'I QFFICE.

ARTHUR E. LAVALLEE, OIE' LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

RACK FOR PAPER ROLLS.

Application filed December 4, 1922. Serial No. 604,757.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. LAvALLnn, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, havey invented a new and useful Rack for Paper Rolls, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a holder or rack for supporting a roll of paper, such as used in shops, and particularly tailor shops. As usuallyV constructed these racks embody a wooden base with standards at the ends thereof for supporting the roll. It is usually necessary to bolt the base to the counter or shelf on which the rack stands.

The general object of the present invention is to produce a very simple and inexpensive raclr forsupporting a Vpaper roll which will operate effectively to permit the paper to ybe drawn from the roll 'and torn olf at any point desired; also to provide a construction which will operate to insure suflicient pressure of the tearing blade'upon y the face of the roll, at the Vsame time enabling the springs to be substantially concealed from view; also to improve the general construction ofracks of this l'rind, and

is described inthe following'specificationv while the broad scope of the invention is pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a front elevationl of a .rack embodying my invention showing a portion of a counter upon which the rack rests, parts of the counter beingr shown in section to illustrate details of the inventionl Fig. 2 is an end elevation and shows the rack as viewed from the right end as shown in Figure 1; this view also shows a portion of the counter broken away, and like Figure 4l indicates the paper roll in place.V

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross sectionv taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 1 and passing through the counter which is broken away but in this View the paper roll itself is omitted.

Fig. 4L is a plan of the rack with the paper roll omitted.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken about on the line 5 5 of Figure 2 but this view is upon an enlarged scale with certain parts broken away; -it particularly illustrates details which I may employ at the point where the arms of the tearing blade are secured to the frame.

Fig. 6 is a detail and is a section taken about on the line GMG, Figure 5, showing a portion of one of the arms of the tearing blade, particularly illustrating the connection of the spring to the arm.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section taken across the arm about at the point 7-7 of Figure 6 but also illustrating the tearing blade broken away; this view further illustrates the connection of the spring with the arm.

Fig. 8 is a plan upon a greatly reduced scale and illustrates a form of blank which I may employ in producing the frame of the rack.

In practicing my invention I prefer to construct the frame 1 of the rack of sheet metal comprising a base plate 2with integral upwardly extending standards 3 which are formed by bending up the ends of a plate or blanlr 4 such as illustrated in Figure 8. This plate constitutes, of itself, t-he base for the rack. The upper ends of the standards 3 are connected together by a horizontal tie bar 5 which extends longitudinally with the frame. This tie bar is also sheet metal or bar metal and I prefer to connect itto the upper ends of the standards by welding. The standards are provided with any suitable means for supporting al paperI roll 6. Thismeans may consist of two inclined slots 7 (see Fig. 2), Y

In order to enable the paper'tobe torn off at any point desired I provide a tearing blade 8 which extends longitudina-llytoward the frame and this blade has an arm 9 at' each end which lies adjacent to its correspendingA standard 3. I provide suitable means for pivotally supporting each arm on the frame and provide spring means for.

pressing the blade against the face of the formed into an enlarged liead 11, see Figure 4, and the casing 110 is provided with laterally extending Wings 12 located so as tooverlie this head 11, and these Wings are Sllld to Vthe enlarged' head' 1'1 VbyV suitable fastenings such as rivets or bolts 13, The inner end of the spring casing is providedV With a projectingfoot 14 which also attached by a. bolt 15 to the bar. Tit-hin the spring casing ory bar-rel 10- I provide a. pivot member or pivotscrew 16 which has a thread. connection 17 vvithA the Wall of the casingA atits inner end, and this screuT passes` through and pivotally attaches the 'arm `9 to the. end of the casing'. llVith-in theeasingr and around the pivot screw 16 I provide a coil spring 18, the axisof which extends longitudinally with the bar 5` the inner end of this spring' fixed by any suitable means Within the cas-ing and the outer end of the spring-1s bent into aA shank 19 which; engages the adjacent arm S) so that the springr Will` exert its force tol press lthe blade 8 against the side of roll. In making this connection I prefer to provide a socket for the shank' lil-Which may be in the form of a small bent tube 20 ,c

which isivelided or brazed into the angle 21,

(see Figure Y).4 which is formed between the web 22 and flange 23 of the arm.

Y In order to strengthen the standardsthey have laterally enlarged lower ends 24 at the point ivhere they unite integrally with the base or base plate 2. In forming the bla-nk 4, the body of the blank is provided With a tongue 4a at each end and theseJ tongues are bent up to forin the standards.. In order to facilitate the Weldingv vof the tie bar 5. to

4"v is provided with a reduced tip 4b Which provides Inet-al to weld into the end of the bar.V In. this connection attention is called to the Vtast that the. spring casing 1,0"extends over theV Welded joint' and operates to in `crease the? strength of the construction this peint- Y Inorder' to give. the base 2' anl ornamental appearance and also toV mike it lighter IV provide it -ufith openingssuch as tlie openings 25i which are punched through,- it when the. blank is formed?. Y i' By reason of the fact that this raekis-constr-noted jot sheet .metal it will befrelatively light, and when paperrhas been, usedv to a large extent from, the rollA the total Weight off the rolland.1a,clWil-l be small; and: hence when the paper 'isfy pulled there might beI a tendency for the base' 2 to slide; on the counter 26 which supports the base.4 In order to overcome this tendency andV prevent the;

rac-l; from slipping, without ein-plvoyingv boltsV simply pioyide' the base plafte'l'ateach end with a small downwardly projecting? pin or `spur-'.27l`vr If desired the` base may be: pressed down so as to cause these spursi27to'engage .itds upper fece, Figure 1^, but iiidesired Vthey may be simply permitted to rest upon the upper face of the counter; in this Case their points will operate to prevent the base from slipping. t

I valso prefer to malte the base 2 relatively wide so, that the tension on the paper in pulling' it oli' the roll cannot possibly overturn the rack by tiltingit up on its forward edge as a fulcrum.

It is understood that the embodiment of the invention described herein is only one of the many embodiments this inventionfmay take; and I do not Wish to be limi-ted in the praotiee of my invention nor in my cliaims to the particular embodiment set forth.

1. In a rack for supportinga roll` of papen the combination off a frame consisting of a relatively Wide bese plate constituting the base `for the* rank, and having integral upward-ly extending standards `at its ends, means for supporting the pa'por roll between the staindards,` a tie-bar conneeting the upper ends ofthe standards, a blade extending longitudinally of the frame and lia-ving an arm at each: end thereof, a Spring easing supported on the end of the tie bar, aE coil spring held in thecasing, a pivotscrew pivotaflly supporting each anni, a spring. Within theV easing engaging one of the arms and operating to press the blade against the face of the paper roll.

2.-]11 a rack for supportingal rol'l of paper; the combination of `a frame consisting of a base plate constituting the bose for the rack, and having integral upwardly exn tending standards at its) ends, means for the upper end-sof the standards each tongue supporting the paper roll betweenitho standards` a tie-bar connecting the upper` ends of the standards, aV blade-extending longitudinally of the frame and havingig:anV army at each end thereof, a' spring easing `mounted on the upper side of the tie-bar at'eaeh end thereof, a pivotfscrew pivotally supporting each arm, extending longitudinally Within its corresponding spring easing and having al thread connection with the imnev end of the casing, a coil spring disposedmvithin each casing and `aroumzl its corresponding nally YWiththe frame and having an arm` al'.

eaclrendlying adjacent to its correspon' ,y `g standard, a springs oasmg correspodlngfto each arm supported on the adjacent end of the tie-bar having laterally projecting Wings resting on the enlarged head of the tie-bal' and secured tlieieto, a pivot member extending longitudinally in the spring easing and pvotally securing the arm to the end of tlie easing, and a coil spring disposed around ARTHUR E. LAVALLEE. 

